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ID4me is an internet service that enables its users to log in to many different internet services with one account. This is also known as "single sign on".

Unlike existing global single sign on solutions like the ones from Google or Facebook, ID4me does not track and analyze the internet surfing habits of its users. ID4me will make sure that the surfing habits stay secret.

Also, ID4me does not belong to an enterprise. It is an open standard that is maintained by a nonprofit organization. Anyone who wants to can participate. This way the users can chose freely between different ID4me providers and can also change the provider anytime.

Best Android browsers: surf the web in your own style

You probably spend a lot of time on the Internet. So isn't it worth making sure that you're using the right browser for you needs? Everyone has different criteria when trying to find the best Android browser. Some want the fastest, while others are looking for a browser that will consume as little data as possible. Here are the best Android browsers you can get, whatever features or experience you're looking for.

Opera: best for data savings

"Do more online with Opera for Android," is Opera's slogan, and with more than 100 million installs from the Play Store, it appears that many believe in it. Opera has been around on desktop for almost 20 years and the Android version offers many of the same great features, plus some helpful extras.

Opera browser syncs across multiple devices so you can take the same browsing experience from your smartphone to your PC. It also includes typical functions such as bookmarks and private browsing.

But it's Opera’s data-saving features, called Opera Mini mode, that really set it apart from other Android browsers. Opera can compress videos when viewing on mobile, so they use up less of your data (but still provide a great viewing experience), in addition to saving a few bytes when viewing regular pages.

It's not the fastest browser but once a page opens you almost always get the whole of the page at once; there's no waiting around for extra images to load.

Opera touch: best for one-handed use

Another good alternative from Opera is Opera Touch, the browser designed especially for smartphone use. Even though most of us surf the web from our smartphones nowadays, most web browsers are not really designed for one-handed operation. Enter Opera Touch, the web browser optimized for surfing on the go.

It might be hard to break up with Chrome and Co., but the more you use Opera Touch, the more it's likely to impress with its speed and thoughtful design. If you’re browsing on your commute, and need a hand free for a bag or a coffee, you'll soon wonder how you lived without having your search, new tab, refresh etc all within easy thumbs reach.

Remember when Twitter put navigation buttons on the bottom, how much easier it got? Opera Touch basically does this for the internet. Be warned, however, that Touch doesn't have the data compression or cross platform tab synchronization of the standard Opera. Instead, it uses "Flow", which lets you send links, videos and notes to yourself via a QR code on your computer screen.

Ecosia browser: most eco-friendly

Ecosia is a browser with an eco-friendly twist—searches made through Ecosia’s own search contribute to a fund that goes toward planting new trees. As much as 80 percent of Ecosia’s profits go toward planting new trees with the aim to plant a billion new trees by 2020. Let's face it, our planet could use the extra foliage.

Ecosia browser is actually based on Chromium, so it should feel quite familiar to Google Chrome users. If you're worried about being scammed, Ecosia posts all of its tree-buying receipts on its website, as well as financial reports for transparency's sake.

Microsoft Edge: not your dad's Internet Explorer

No, really. Stop. Listen. Internet Explorer is a joke, but Edge more than atones for the sins of the past. The main advantage is that if you use Microsoft Edge on any other device (like say, your Windows PC), then you can use this browser to continue where you left off on your phone, and you will find all your passwords, favorite sites, and reading list waiting for you.

There also are a few nice extra features such as a text-reading mode to make reading easier, and a QR code reader and voice search option. Then there's the Hub View feature, great for keeping your favorite content easily accessible.

DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused open source browser which allows you to surf them with maximum security and privacy. Not only does DuckDuckGo not track your movement, but it keeps you free from ad-trackers, forces the highest level of encryption and provides information about the privacy of sites you visit.

Chrome Beta: to stay ahead of the curve

I'm not just talking about boring old regular Chrome. This is the better version of Chrome. It's the Beta version...

Stay ahead of the pack by getting the latest Chrome updates before they reach your mates who are still rocking the standard Chrome version (losers). Chrome Beta gives you access to new features first, and although you're encouraged to provide feedback, it's not a requirement.

Stability problems with Chrome Beta are to be expected, but they are so infrequent that we are still recommending this browser ahead of the normal Chrome.

Firefox: best for customization

Firefox is a stalwart of the browser domain and, as such, offers a very solid experience. But more than that, its comprehensive features list makes it a close contender for the top spot. Syncing the mobile browser with the desktop version works brilliantly, and it offers tons of customization options, from reorganizing your home panels to a host of fully-integrated add-ons.

Elsewhere, Firefox comes packed with the usual array of privacy and sharing options, and the reader mode provides a clean way of displaying articles without any clutter.

Puffin Browser Free: best for speed

Puffin Browser free is an interesting choice. Not only is it quick and highly customizable, with backgrounds and other add-on functions, but it also has the ability to emulate a mouse cursor and a trackpad. It's ideal for those who miss the laptop experience on mobile.

Puffin Browser works by transferring material to its cloud servers before delivering it to your handset, which helps with loading bigger website files on devices with smaller bandwidth (i.e. smartphones). For this reason, Puffin Browser may well be the fastest Android browser, but it does feature some annoying ad banners across the bottom of the screen.

Dolphin Browser: best user-experience

Dolphin Browser is a favorite among the Android community. It's functional, it looks great, it's feature-packed and comes with some great gesture controls too. It's also very handy when it comes to transferring preferences between devices and sharing content.

Possibly the best part of the Dolphin Browser experience is that it still supports good-old Flash Player, meaning you don't have to suffer just because older websites can't keep up with current technology.

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BEWARE OF APUS!!! I thought it was really nice and good - until I looked at a log of what my phone was doing after installing this app. First - you should know - APUS is made by a CHINESE SOFTWARE COMPANY in Beijing!My log shows after install a constant attempt to talk with various websites, including Fabric's Crashlytics, as well as constant attempts to download ads. Several new processes constantly running on the phone - one from Fabric, and others all designed around advertising including with a unique identifier for you, I think this is a very dangerous app, the disclosure of what they're doing is highly deceptive and I suggest taking this app off the phone and off this website!

Edge and Opera Touch are faster than Chrome or Firefox but the second is faster then the first. However, they both, especially Edge, have problems with Flexbox and some more advanced JS functions or HTML tags. Here Firefox behaves quite like its desktop version.

Thanks for the update androidpit. I'm currently using chrome, chrome beta, Firefox, dolphin, Opera, and Opera touch depending on what I'm trying to do. Particularly if I want to move seamlessly between my phone, tablet, and laptop.

That’s a lot of browsers, and I don’t see how you keep track. If you’re interested try Firefox rocket, and toss chrome beta for chromes canary version. I got rid of canary, and chrome for kiwi browser, as it seems that when chrome versions get updated with new features, so does kiwi. FF rocket for speed, kiwi for stability, that’s enough browsers for me.

Recently made a switch from Mozilla Firefox Quantum to Microsoft Edge browser on both Windows and Android OS. Enjoying the new experience and things seem to be better than I expected. I think I am not going back. Though I wish there was inbuilt tracking protection in Microsoft Edge on Android. Edge is a great browser, fast and secure (on both the platforms) and has a decent set of features. That is indeed a fact.

Surfy Browser has some unique features. www.surfybrowser.comI'm one of the creators. We’re a mum and dad operation, not a big company that’s going to sell your data.

Besides it's fluid interface, it's packed with features such as immersive full-screen browsing, passcode and fingerprint protection, ad blocking, incognito, menu and toolbar customization, instant theme colors. It has text-to-speech, so you can listen to pages while browsing or using other apps.

The passcode and fingerprint lock can be used to protect launching the app or even for individual bookmarks. You can save a session to a lockable tile and have private browsing automatically switched on.

You can set up the browser exactly how you like it, by building your own toolbar and main menus.

It has real swipable tabs that automatically collapse to get the browser out of the way when your browsing. It also has a full screen immersive mode, where Android's status bar and navigation bar are hidden.

It’s more customizable than other browsers; with 21 thousand color variations, you can set the color of the tabs, application bar, and accent; and even set the background to your favourite photo.

Our users love Surfy. We also have 25 volunteer translators that have translated Surfy into as many languages.

I use the Samsung browser, best browser out there right now bar none, and I have tried them all, it also has add blocker feature, which helps with the speed of web pages loading. You can get it in the play Store, if you don't see it with the phone you are using, just download the latest apk. I have disabled the Chrome browser in my app settings.

I'm happy with Chrome, mainly because it conveniently syncs desktop bookmarks and would add Firefox for the same reason if I liked small screen browsing better than I do, but don't. I also install Ghostery which seems the best anonymous browser (not for wickedness, but because it doesn't store browser fat after opening one-off URLs) and a little app called "Better Open With" that brings up a quick choice of apps before launching.

I've been trying alternatives to chrome on my Galaxy note tablet, over the past couple of days. So far just firefox and dolphin, but it's left me wondering why they deserve a place anywhere near the top eight. Firefox has a subtle but unpleasant 'permanently zoomed-in' look (and actually loads pages zoomed in, with a slice off the right side); it's slow; it mucks up page loading so that all tappable/clickable elements... aren't, or that parts of the page offscreen don't load at all; keys on my touchwiz keyboard go dead; and so on. Dolphin isn't much better. It crashed twice in two attempts to comment on a blogspot page, along with the rest. Google wouldn't let me sign in after umpteen attempts because it said 'there's something strange about the way you're trying to sign in'. (what is this I don't even) It randomly jumps to different parts of the page while scrolling. It's almost incapable of dealing with flickr. Heck, even using it to browse Androidpit right now, it's causing huge blank gaps to appear between comments.I'm astounded to find out just how clunky these highly-regarded, highly-recommended browsers actually are. The native browser on my tablet might be almost completely devoid of features, some of which I'd actually like, but it can effortlessly carry out some of the ridiculously basic tasks that firefox and dolphin struggle with, in my experience. I'll take that over any amount of customisability, gestures or flash, thanks.

It's almost enough to make me run back to microsoft. But in the event that I don't have £300 to spend on a working browser, I guess I need to keep looking. Next up, UC browser. Let's see what kind of fit *that* throws when I make such unreasonable demands like 'look at a web page'.

I've tried most on the list. Ultimately I've settled on Yandex. The browser is smart, intuitive and has one of the most pleasant UI I've ever experienced. They just had an update and their developers seem to be highly engaged. Additionally, the various feeds that you have the option to choose from actually returns relevant information based on your browsing. I'm very excited about this browser and I was a heavy Chrome user. One more thing; If you decide to try it, take the time to get familiar with it's capabilities. Just go to settings>help to gain insight on all the features.

There's a new browser on the block and it's pretty cool, if I do say so myself. (my wife and I are the creators). It's name is Surfy Browser and it was recently app of the week on Gizmodo UK.

It has a passcode and fingerprint lock for launching the app or for individual bookmarks. You can save a session to a lockable tile and have private browsing automatically switched on. It has an ad blocker. It has text-to-speech, so you can listen to pages while browsing or using other apps.It has real swipable tabs, mobile optimizer.It's more customizable than other browsers; with 21 thousand color variations, you can set the color of the tabs, application bar, and accent; and even set the background to your favourite photo. There are too many features to list, but here are a few more:✔ Desktop mode✔ Multiple search providers: Google Bing DuckDuckGo Yahoo! Baidu✔ Searchable history✔ Clear cookies and cache with history.✔ Set desktop or reading mode for individual tabs✔ Share pages via Email SMS, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, & NFC✔ Night dimmer✔ Save images & open links via context menu✔ Find on Page✔ Customize tabs and application bar colors✔ Pin pages to the Launch Pad

Also, we're a mum and dad operation, not a big company that's going to sell your data.

I would like to suggest you cool browser.In todays era there are many apps which are available on net and have lots of feature.but I would suggest you cool browser pro.which provides you an ocean of information and you can download music and videos.It is cool app as per its name.It is user friendly.As per my suggestion you must have cool Browser Pro.Following steps will help you to download cool browser pro.1) Download & Install Cool Browser Pro from Here.2) Launch Cool Browser Pro and Set it as your default browser.3) Now go to the video which you want to download4) You will see a blue color icon with down arrow on the bottom right of your mobile screen.5) click on it, select the size and dimension of the video and your download shall start.

Androwser: Multiview Web Browser is a new concept of multiview Web browser, specially designed for mobile and tablets to quickly view and configurate your bookmarks. Idea comes from the need to visualize and compare the newspapers, loading them all at once and quickly also it can be used as a complement to bookmarks to your default browser in the mobile or tablet (as can be Chrome).

I use rs browser for Snapdragon chiped phones (works best on forums and very fast )and dolphin ,when im down loading gifs or pictures i still use Chrome as Android seems to put them were you can find them again with it 😒 dont know why 😦

Hello Parvind Chahal: are you by chance saying that Opera Browser collects and controlled settings as dies Google, chrome and Gmail? These are the ones I currently have installed. I would love to not have to use Google. I hate all of the permissions .if I close some permissions, my 2015 Motorola Moto X Pure Edition U.S. goes mad. My alarm does not work, can't send nor receive texts SMS or SSM , and I don't get a ring tone for incoming calls, notifications, texts, ... I I even created a Google+ public. Account and page where it uploaded my personal information, private photos, exact location, basically rendering my phone uselessness and Google has yet to destroy this Google+ & Picasa photo album of very personal family photos of my deceased father, friends. Physicians. Family ,their names, addresses, phone numbers and more. Any truthful help you or anyone familiar with this experience or not. I would greatly appreciate advise I can verify. This is my first Android phone. If it weren't for the great price, quality, 5.7 screen and SD card storage up to 128 GB , I, trade it in in a second . Thanks for any assistance.

haha haha,as usual all in here r just a bunch of idiots,anyway chrome browser is not much better that it's big brother on PC which is known to get behind firefox by far,(is not me saying it but actually the chrome staff said it),have safety problems and it is slow,anyway,UC is a very gd browser as is firefox,both powerful browser,i am a firefox user myself on PC,but on my device,i use 1 that i don't see it much or at all in this kinda tops,it is NEXT browser,it is battery friendly and very easy to use,it has gd addons and i really like it more than all the others,maybe the 1 making this tops should try more the less known browsers around and do a real nice top,not just a few with browsers known of every1

I like this blog a lot but sometimes I wonder where they get their ideas. For so long the only browser that I can rely on is UC Browser it is fast and reliable. Why it wasnt popular and you have to pick Apus, Bubble instead. Opera was ok but this time it was laggy. Dont know but it's your choice.

Lots of choices - to me the convenience of integration and online sync with PC browsers overcomes any "features" so I'm happy enough with Chrome as I would be with FF or Opera, I suppose. I'd throw in that I always keep one other "privacy" browser that does not store cache or cookies, not for any dirty secrets but to pop open from aggregators and other apps without storing junk files from one-off viewing. After trying Dolphin Zero, InBrowser (and beta versions) I've settled on Ghostery as being small, faster and better at page rendering. The no-residue browsing is a blessing for internal storage.

Nano Browser is most reliable web browser for android users.it offers some of the best features available for the android browsing experience.Make it your default browser and it makes it easy to navigate on the web when you're on the go.

I have found some more new options to use, as I had found lots of unique features to use like user can Capture the whole page or any portion and changes the page's text size, contrast and layout for better readability. Moreover, online user data is also secured. I recommend you all to give a try to this browser once.

Nano browser is the browser most committed to separating the workload and letting the operating system act as a referee.If we had to pick one however,I found Nano browser is also a good browser best for speed, support across devices, and integrated features..

thanks for sharing informative browsers, and i want to also share with you a new browser that is Nano Browser, i searched on web of it, its user friendly and easy to download, it is compatible with all devices such as Mac, Android, Smartphones, i Phones and Windows. you can review on this browser and after that share your experiences, you can also add this browser in your list.

Thank You Ahmed lahbib, tried twice to reply via gmail didn't work, as I stated, looks like it's going to take more time than I thought learning the Android OS . I thank you for you responding . I also attempted to leave a comment but it timed out asked to click on and sign back in , thought it would then post. I clicked the OK yet, there was no place to re- type my password or sign in. :) Anyway, Thanks again!

BEWARE OF APUS!!! I thought it was really nice and good - until I looked at a log of what my phone was doing after installing this app. First - you should know - APUS is made by a CHINESE SOFTWARE COMPANY in Beijing!My log shows after install a constant attempt to talk with various websites, including Fabric's Crashlytics, as well as constant attempts to download ads. Several new processes constantly running on the phone - one from Fabric, and others all designed around advertising including with a unique identifier for you, I think this is a very dangerous app, the disclosure of what they're doing is highly deceptive and I suggest taking this app off the phone and off this website!

I use Opera or default Android browser. Firefox and Chrome need more computating power. For security I use McAfee or AVG that integrate themselves with browsers. Simpler browsers are insufficient as for their interface or skills.

There are a number of good web browsers that are available for Android. There are many options available and some of them may be perfect for syncing with the desktop while others could be useful for browsing at a super speed.

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